Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

24 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm continuing to love this series. It's not cozy per se, but it feels cozy to me. I tried to explain the plot to my mom and I think I broke her brain, but Ann Leckie does a much better job explaining what's going on than I can. Continuing to binge!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Slavery, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Addiction

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Violence, Blood, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Gun violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, War, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Classism, Death, and Drug abuse

coffeedog14's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

While not as heart-wrenching or heart-stopping as the first installment, and lacking in some of the cool action moments that book had, this is a much more mellow work that relies more on intrigue and delving into the heart of the corruption that is inherent to the Radch and its ideology. It didn't feel like it propelled the plot as much, mainly setting up characters and ideas for later, but it was fascinating while doing so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Trafficking, Bullying, Colonisation, Violence, Classism, War, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, Torture, Addiction, Genocide, and Rape

caffeinated_gills's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

george_tte's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

"That hold," I interrupted, "is not suitable for use on citizens. And it's entirely possible to suffocate someone by kneeling on their back that way." Which was fine if you didn't care whether the person you were dealing with lived or not. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

hanz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Slavery

Minor: Addiction

totallyshelfaware's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Slavery

mar's review

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

fighting for my fucking life trying to hold back tears in the coffee shop @ the last couple of chapters rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Trafficking, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Sexual content

librarianmage's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery